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Paul Chiddicks's avatar

Sadly an all to common theme and doubly more frustrating when you make the effort to offer the evidence of what you have found which contradicts what they have recorded and they either don't reply or dismiss your work, thus mistake is duplicated by others time and time again.

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Lori Olson White's avatar

I tend to add those sorts of things in the comments or notes on MY tree I hopes that someone will come across them and make the corrections. Long shot, I know, but every little bit helps, right?! I've also, on occasion, written up the accurate findings and added them as a PDF to the person (people) in question. Again, in hopes that someone will come across them, take the time to read them, and then make the corrections on their own trees. Hope springs eternal!

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Celia Lewis's avatar

I learned early on to bring a very sceptical mind to "hints" on any of the commercial sites. 🤔

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Paul Chiddicks's avatar

They can be extremely helpful but tread with caution is the only way to approach these

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Genderqueer Psychotherapist's avatar

My (as it turns out by the magic of dna, NOT) great grandmother married a man and then somehow ended up living with my (not) g.grandfather and giving birth to my (not) grandfather (my dad was a war baby and it turns out that my grandfather was stationed away when he was conceived and indeed, born). The amount of trees who find her marriage, don’t check it and then record her as marrying my g.grandfather is more than those who register it correctly. And most of those don’t correct. It’s not hard to check out. But apparently it is…

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